A sticky subject

For their project for the school’s April 15 science fair, Jennings sixth graders Olivia Mellor (back) and Katelyn Scholz (front) researched if chewing gum really does stick in a person’s intestines for seven years. After putting several brands of gum in liquids resembling stomach acid, they got their answer; no. "We chewed up the gum for 20 minutes and then put it in a stomach," said Mellor.